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    Immigrant Integration: Profiles of Communities with Promising Practices

    T.L. Hill Group Jun 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • T.L. Hill Group profiles of community efforts in New Hampshire to encourage productive immigrant integration.  • How are these communities similar to and different from your own? …

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    Helping Coastal Louisiana Plan for Climate Change

    RAND Corporation Jun 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • RAND Corporation shares how research shaped the plan to help coastal Louisiana prepare for climate change.  • Are these learnings applicable to your community? What unique…

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    Immigrant Integration: Promising Practices

    T.L. Hill Group Jun 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • T.L. Hill Group shares lessons and promising practices learned from community efforts in New Hampshire to encourage productive immigrant integration.  • How can these practices be implemented…

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    The Nonprofit Status of the National Rifle Association

    Philanthropy Daily Jun 28, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Philip Hackney explains why he believes that it is unlikely that the National Rifle Association will lose its nonprofit status over recent controversies.  • Understanding which organizations…

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    The Antidote to the Opioid Crisis: Harm Reduction as a Pathway to Autonomy, Connection, and Hope

    Harm Reduction Coalition Jun 28, 2019

    Heroin use in the United States has increased almost fivefold in the past decade. Despite spending more than a trillion dollars on the war on drugs all we have to…

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    How to Drive Systems Change Work With Data

    The Rockefeller Foundation Jun 27, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Rockefeller Foundation co-hosted Innovative Frontiers of Development, where they gathered insight on how to achieve systems change through data-driven practices.  • How are you approaching…

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    Why LGBTQ Media Should Be Local

    Mashable Jun 27, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Heather Dockray at Mashable interviews Mark Segal, founder of one of the earliest LGBTQ weekly papers, on the growth and direction of LGBTQ media.  • Segal says…

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    Meet the 10 Most Famous Female Philanthropists in America

    Sufficient Living Jun 27, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Here is a list of 10 famous female philanthropists in the United States and their contributions to advancing social change and charitable giving.  • How can…

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    Helping Low-Income Women Afford Healthier Food May Have Reversed a Rise in Childhood Obesity

    The New Food Economy Jun 27, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • A CDC study finds that allowing low-income families enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to buy fruits and vegetable resulted in…

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    Community-defined Projects at Health Leadership High

    Getting Smart Jun 27, 2019

    Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart reports on a high school in Albuquerque, NM, that prepares young people for careers in the healthcare industry. • Should more funding go toward small,…

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    Supporting Youth Organizing and the Leadership Pipeline

    Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing Jun 27, 2019

    Create intentional pathways to social justice work through organizing: Creating intentional pathways requires investments in partnerships and collaborations between schools and community-based organizations, universities and employment training institutes that build…

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    When Curiosity Leads to Transformative Basic Science Discoveries

    Science Philanthropy Alliance Jun 27, 2019

    On a clear February day in San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Science Philanthropy Alliance cohosted an event for funders interested in basic science. Carol Christ, the…

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